Youngfish in German coastal waters

Background and Objective

The shallow waters of the German Bight and Wadden Sea serve as important nursery grounds for several commercially exploited fish species, which have shown large stock fluctuations in recent years and partly turned to be limited resources by now. Annual abundance and growth assessments of youngfish allow for a first indication of the level of incoming catches in future years. These data are passed on to the relevant working groups of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and via the responsible ministry (BMEL) to the EU in order to support the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and its aim of sustainability.

Target Group

science, politics, economics

Preliminary Results

• Annual abundance indices to ICES
• Publications

Links and Downloads

• ICES

Further projects of the Thünen Fisheries Research, which are funded by the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) of the European Union, can be found here under ‘EU Fisheries Projects’.